January 2007 page 6 Hunting Updates

31 Jan

Fall Turkey

Hi John,

Do to commitments…pheasant hunting out west was out of the question this weekend. However, with the KS turkey season running through January 31st….I’d thought I’d run out to [location deleted] and play with a few toms. A rather large bachelor group of toms strolled by at about 8:40 AM. They were about 75 yards out. I fired one shot into the ground at close range and the flock scattered just perfectly…to all clock positions and in small bunches.

I waited patiently and 40 minutes later…I heard the first tom assembly yelp. I mimicked his yelps on a diaphragm and he began coming to me. In a matter of seconds I had 5 different toms responding from various directions. One tom was extremely vocal and appeared to be closing the distance rather rapidly. I quickly pivoted 180 degrees on my set-up tree…assembly yelped. He came in on a run …clucked twice…purred…I clucked twice…purred…he appeared at 18 yards and I made the shot count between two small saplings. And believe me…these birds in the winter are just as much fun as in the spring.

First saw this tom last spring. As you can see this bird is tremendous in size, but he had it all. With matching 1 ¾” spurs and a 13 ½ “ beard…this bird scores over 90 points. A great end of the season memory to my second great year with MAHA!!!

Steve

Wow Steve, congratulations on a hunt few do. Thank you for the great hunting story and pictures, a fine tom spring or fall!

Small Things

I thought this would be a good one for an update to show the small things you see while hunting remote areas.

27 Jan

Updates

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Pheasant

Pictures by member Mike Sheffer.

Text with pictures: "Went on a two day hunt last Wed. and Thur. (Jan. 24 & 25) to [location deleted]. Saw a lot of birds; including the attached photos. Have had a tremendous year and do not want it to end. I may try to go once more before the 31st."

Thanks Mike for the great pictures. Always good to see the rare picture of pheasants in the wild.

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